Civil Municipal - October 2025

creating a healthcare cluster that serves the surrounding area. “When a landlord is looking at a potential tenant and the tenant says,‘I want to know more about the town’s security, traffic,’ they normally call us,” Mayor Ghassali explains his recruitment process. Perhaps the most significant arrival is INEOS Automotive, which established its U.S. headquarters and showroom in Montvale, taking approximately 10,000 square feet in what is one of the largest commercial leases in recent years. “For most of the corporations, it’s almost like satellite offices anywhere between 2,000 to 3,000 square feet,” Mayor Ghassali notes, highlighting how modern businesses favor smaller, more flexible spaces over the massive corporate campuses that once defined the area. INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS Beneath Montvale’s polished suburban exterior lies aging infrastructure struggling to keep pace with the community’s popularity.“The main issue we have on our main road, which is Grand Avenue, the Pascack 111 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 10 MONTVALE, NJ

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